All Roll Calls
Yes: 220 • No: 2
UtahH.B. 2052026 General SessionHouse
Substance Use Intervention Amendments
Sponsored By: Clancy, Tyler
Signed by Governor
Parks and RecreationCountiesEducationK-12 EducationHigher EducationControlled SubstancesSubstance AbuseHealth and Human ServicesHealth CareMental HealthCourtsJudicial OperationsLaw Enforcement and Criminal JusticeMunicipalitiesPolitical Subdivisions (Local Issues)Department of Health and Human ServicesLocal Education Agencies (LEAs)Local Substance Abuse AuthoritiesOpioidsSubstance Abuse and Mental HealthSubstance Use Disorder TreatmentCorrectional Facilities
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Courts can restrict drug offenders' access
Beginning May 6, 2026, courts can bar people charged with or convicted of public-place drug offenses from returning to that place. An off-limits order can last up to one year and must define the place and boundary using street names and numbers. Courts can issue orders in nuisance cases, as pretrial release conditions, or at sentencing. Courts can allow limited entry for health or employment reasons under conditions they set. A copy must go to the Utah Criminal Justice Information System. Breaking an order is a class A misdemeanor; a willful violation can also bring contempt penalties.
More groups can run syringe exchanges
Beginning May 6, 2026, more public groups can run syringe exchange programs, including state agencies, local governments, colleges, and local education agencies. Local substance abuse authorities, nonprofits, for-profit businesses, and other groups that follow Utah's program requirements can also operate exchanges. Programs must exchange used syringes for one or more new sterile syringes in sealed packaging. They must give spoken and written information about preventing blood-borne disease, testing, treatment, and access to an opioid overdose reversal medicine.
Voluntary treatment pods for jail residents
Beginning May 6, 2026, county sheriffs can set aside jail units or beds for structured substance use treatment. Jail residents must have a substance use disorder identified through required screening and sign a voluntary participation agreement. The local substance abuse authority must approve each pod and find that it follows best practices. Programs can include daily routines, group meetings, work duties, education, peer roles, rewards, corrective feedback, and steps toward greater responsibility. They can also teach job skills, personal finance, communication, and planning for life after jail. Local authorities can set model standards and contract with service providers; following those standards creates a presumption of best practices. Pods established on or before May 5, 2026, are exempt from the new requirements until July 1, 2029.
Syringe exchanges face new service limits
Beginning May 6, 2026, syringe exchanges cannot distribute other drug-use items, such as pipes or straws. Exchanges are barred in public parks and at or within 100 feet of homeless shelters or permanent supportive housing. Other public property requires written approval from the government that owns, operates, or controls it. State money cannot fund operations; municipal, county, or federal money can. Programs must report annually on participants, syringes exchanged and provided, recovery resources, and treatment received during the 12 months after exchange. The Department must set rules for distribution, data collection, evaluation, and reporting. Department-licensed residential treatment providers must ask about prior syringe exchange use in admission materials.
Court treatment comes with supervision rules
Beginning May 6, 2026, justice courts in first- or second-class counties can start a structured treatment and supervision program. The Judicial Council must approve the program and eligibility rules, and local governments must have enough resources to operate it. Participants must have pleaded to or been convicted of a probation-eligible offense that the court finds involved substance use. They must meet court eligibility rules, consent, and agree to increasing penalties for violations and rewards for progress. People with pending violent-crime or sex-offense charges cannot join. Participants must work, study, or actively seek work unless the judge orders otherwise, take regular and random drug and alcohol tests, and report as ordered. When an assessment calls for treatment, they must follow a court-approved plan, which can include medication-assisted treatment.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Clancy, Tyler
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Brady Brammer
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 69 • No: 1
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 28 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ motion to reconsider
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 28 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/26/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 2/11/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 71 • No: 1
House vote • 2/2/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
House vote • 2/2/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/18/2026House/ to Governor
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/6/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/6/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/6/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ floor amendment
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ motion to reconsider
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/5/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Amended 3/5/2026 20:03:359
3/5/2026
Substitute #1
2/1/2026
Introduced
1/8/2026